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- CHAPTERQuaternary Geology of the South-west Auckland Coastal Region
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 1.—Drainage pattern and generalised geology for south-west Auckland.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 2.—Three important sections of the Kaawa Formation. Note that the basalt at Ohuka and Taranaki Point fills valle...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 3.—The Kaawa-Ohuka Section. Point X on the right side indicates the Ohuka Carbonaceous Sandstone where it outcro...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 4.—“Fence diagram” linking Kaihu sections in Kawhia-Aotea area. The change in altitude of P1 from Taranaki Point...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 5.—The Marumaruaitu section, showing a transgressive formation of beach boulders, at least 80ft thick, separatin...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 6.—Oscillations of sea level and climate in the early Pleistocene, deduced from south-west Auckland material. Al...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 7.—Representative Kaihu Group sections: 1—Nihinihi Formation, type locality; 2— Parawai Formation, north of Tara...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 8.—Curves of relative land-sea movements from selected areas showing that differential tectonic movements have o...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 9.—Pattern of sea-level oscillations and overall land movements in south-west Auckland during upper Cenozoic tim...